Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Amaranthaceae (Pigweed family)
Genus: Salicornia (Glassworts)
Salicornia europaea agg. - Common Glasswort
Salicornia europaea L. - Common Glasswort
Salicornia procumbens agg.
Salicornia procumbens Sm. - Yellow Glasswort
Salicornia stricta Dumort. - Long-Spiked Glasswort
Maximal 50 cm tall, annual. <span class="v1">inflorescence:</span> few flowered, <ba><b>pseudo-spikes almost parallel</b></ba>, <b>3–10 cm long</b>, Ø <b>3–4 mm</b>. <span class="v1">flowers:</span> <ba><b>central flower 2‑times as...
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
dunes, wad, salt marshes
in moist to wet, periodically flooded, saline habitats